For me it is a security thing. I don't like to feel vulnerable or exposed, so I tend to keep my true feelings inside. I was really shy when I was younger and it was mostly anxiety back then, but I worked through that.

With sharing my feelings, I tend to not trust a lot of people on that level. I mean beyond the everyday annoyances and things like that. It makes me wonder what kind of messed up childhood I must have had to be afraid to share how I feel. I don't remember anything too terrible, but then again I don't remember anytime in my childhood where I did feel supported or ok with talking about how I feel. I think I was told a lot how I should feel or my family walked over my needs. I think that is why I am the way I am.

I think the good thing that came from that is a am self reliant and motivated on my own.